diff --git a/python/turbine_models/custom_models/stateless_llama.py b/python/turbine_models/custom_models/stateless_llama.py
index 30071b7c3..10fc2ecdc 100644
--- a/python/turbine_models/custom_models/stateless_llama.py
+++ b/python/turbine_models/custom_models/stateless_llama.py
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@
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 """
 
-benchmark_steps = 10
-
 
 def slice_up_to_step(global_pkv, seq_step, heads, hidden_dim):
     all_pkv_tensors = []
@@ -185,7 +183,7 @@ def run_all(self, x=AbstractTensor(BATCH_SIZE, None, dtype=torch.int64)):
                     self.global_state, slice_of_state, i, 0, 0, 0, 0
                 )
             x = token
-            for i in range(benchmark_steps):
+            for i in range(10):
                 state_arg = slice_up_to_step(
                     self.global_state, self.global_seq_step, HEADS, HIDDEN_DIM
                 )
diff --git a/python/turbine_models/custom_models/stateless_llama_benchmark.py b/python/turbine_models/custom_models/stateless_llama_benchmark.py
index e24992b70..677bf1d5e 100644
--- a/python/turbine_models/custom_models/stateless_llama_benchmark.py
+++ b/python/turbine_models/custom_models/stateless_llama_benchmark.py
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@
 )
 parser.add_argument("--external_weight_file", type=str, default="")
 parser.add_argument("--vmfb_path", type=str, default="")
-parser.add_argument(
-    "--benchmark_steps",
-    type=int,
-    help="number of times second vicuna (run_forward) is run in benchmark (# of tokens to benchmark)",
-    default=10,
-)
 
 
 def run_benchmark(args):
@@ -57,7 +51,6 @@ def run_benchmark(args):
     example_input_id = initial_input.input_ids
     input = np.asarray(example_input_id, dtype=None, order="C")
     input = np.reshape(input, (1,) + (input.shape))
-    llama.benchmark_steps = args.benchmark_steps
 
     if args.external_weight_file:
         weights = args.external_weight_file